COVID-19: Raje, Son Self-Isolate After Attending Party With Kanika

Vasundhara Raje took to Twitter to announce that she and her son Dushyant were taking all the necessary precautions.

Former Rajasthan chief minister and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje on Friday, 20 March, announced that she and her son Dushyant Singh have self-quarantined themselves after they recently attended a dinner party in Lucknow, at which singer Kanika Kapoor was also present.

Kapoor announced on Friday that she had tested positive for COVID-19.

While in Lucknow, I attended a dinner with my son Dushyant & his in-laws. Kanika, who has unfortunately tested positive for #Covid19 was also a guest.

As a matter of abundant caution, my son & I have immediately self-quarantined and we’re taking all necessary precautions.

— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) March 20, 2020

Raje also tweeted the same in Hindi.

कुछ दिन पहले दुष्यंत और उनके ससुराल वालों के साथ मैं लखनऊ में एक डिनर पर गयी थी। कनिका कपूर, जो कि #Covid19 संक्रमित पाई गई हैं, वें भी उस डिनर में बतौर अतिथि मौजूद थीं।

सावधानी के तौर पर मैं और दुष्यंत सेल्फ़-आइसोलेशन में हैं और हम सभी आवश्यक निर्देशों का पालन कर रहे हैं।

— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) March 20, 2020

Raje took to Twitter to announce the information and added that she and her son were taking all the necessary precautions.

However, Dushyant, who is an MP, has attended Parliament since the party. According to India Today, he was sitting with Surendra Nagar Nishikant and Manoj Tewari in the Central Hall on Thursday.

The party was also attended by other top bureaucrats, including Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh.

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Even if the report comes negative still you need to isolate for 14 days that is very important. Everyone from maids, drivers and all the guests #KanikaKapoor met will need to be quarantined for 14 days. One of the guests as seen in this picture is also #vasundhararaje has also gone for self quarantine #besafe #covid2019 #CoronaVirus

A post shared by Viral Bhayani (@viralbhayani) on Mar 20, 2020 at 3:39am PDT

The report further said that the Uttar Pradesh health department has started calling everyone who attended the party and is asking them to isolate themselves and report in case they show any symptoms of novel coronavirus.

Kapoor on Friday confirmed the news by sharing a post on her official Instagram account, where she claimed that she began to develop flu-like symptoms four days ago.

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Hello everyone, For the past 4 days I have had signs of flu, I got myself tested and it came positive for Covid-19. My family and I are in complete quarantine now and following medical advice on how to move forward. Contact mapping of people I have been in touch with is underway aswell. I was scanned at the airport as per normal procedure 10days ago when I came back home, the symptoms have developed only 4 days ago. At this stage I would like to urge you all to practice self isolation and get tested if you have the signs. I am feeling ok, like a normal flu and a mild fever, however we need to be sensible citizens at this time and think of all around us. We can get through this without panic only if we listen to the experts and our local, state and central government directives. Wishing everyone good health. Jai Hind ! Take care, KK

A post shared by Kanika Kapoor (@kanik4kapoor) on Mar 20, 2020 at 1:22am PDT

According to her post, she had flown in to India from London 10 days ago.

(With inputs from India Today.)